Parcel-post-envelope tag



W-. B. PEHRIN.

PARCEL POST ENVELOPE TAG.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.'26. 1920.

1,428,494. Patentdsept 5, 1922.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922;.

WILLIAM ."BAUGHMAN PEER/ZEN, 0F KOSI-IKONONG, MISSOURI.

PABCEL-POST-ENVELOPE TAG.

Application filed February 26, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that FVILLIAM BAUGHMAN PERRIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Koshkonong, in the county of Oregon andState of Missouri, has invented new and useful Improvements inParcel-Post-Envelope Tags, of which the following is a specification. v

The object of the invention is to provide means for conveying acommunication in the way of a letter of instructions to the addressee ofa parcels post package under conditions which will insure the receipt ofthe instructions by the addressee and coincidentally with the receipt ofthe package, without the necessity of posting a separate letter or thepayment of additional tariff to convey the desired instructions, and tothis end the invention consists in providing a tag suitable for hearingthe address to which the package is to be forwarded and having incombination therewith a letter sheet or envelope suitable for carryingor containing the message necessary for the proper instruction of theaddressee, and in this connection to provide a construction andcombination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown inthe-accompanying drawing, wherein: i

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined ta and envelo 3e embod inethe in- 2% O vention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same in its open position or prior to thesealing thereof.

Figures 3 and -1- are respectively transverse and longitudinal sectionalviews of the same.

The device consists essentially of a tag stub 10 having a suitablereenforced eye 11 for engagement by a cord by which the device may beattached to the package to be forwarded by parcels post, and carried bythis tag stub is a foldable sheet 12 consisting of the main fold 13 theside or lateral flaps l l foldable on the crease lines 15 to occupy aposition parallel with the main fold and an end or fastening flap 19which may be of triangular form as shown and which is adapted to befolded upon the side flaps to secure the latter in their folded relationto the main fold,

Serial No. 361,445.

The exterior surface of the device when folded as shown in Figure 1 isadapted to receive the name and address of the addressee together withthe postage stamp to insure the proper conveyance and delivery of thepackage, and the inner surface of the main fold is adhesively secured toone surface of the tag stub by means of a gummed edge 17 so that priorto folding the article has the appearance indicated in Figure 2. Themessage to the prospective recipient of the package may be written uponthe inner surface of the sheet forming the fold 13 and flaps 1a, or themessage may be written on a separate sheet and placed in the receptacleor envelope formed by said foldable sheet, the edges of the flaps 14being gummed as shown at 18 for adhesive attachment respectively to thesurface of the tag stub opposite to that which is inv contact with themain fold, and to the exterior surface of the side flap which is firstfolded over the main fold as will be readily understood by reference toFigures 3 and 4t, and correspondingly the inner surface of the fasteningor end flap 19 is gummed as shown at 16 for adhesive attachment to theexterior surfaces of the folded side flaps to hold them in properrelation with the main fold either to conceal a message written upon theinner surface of the sheet forming the envelope or to properly retain aseparate sheet enclosed within the envelope and bearing the message tothe addressee.

l/Vhat is claimed is:

A parcels post envelope tag consisting of a tag stub provided with meansfor attachment to a parcel, and a sheet consisting of a main fold andlateral flaps foldably related with the main fold, the main fold at oneend being secured to the stub and the lateral flaps being attachable tothe stub when folded, and a fastening flap formed with the main fold atthe opposite end from the stub and having adhesive applied to its edgesfor securement on top of the lateral flaps.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his signature.

lVILLIAM BAUGHMAN PERRIN.

